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Clifford C. Snyder papers

 Collection
Identifier: ACCN 1099

Scope and Contents

The Clifford C. Snyder papers (1950-1989) contain personal and professional correspondence, clippings, publications and reprints on various aspects of medicine and plastic surgery, teaching materials, and four scrapbooks documenting Snyder's career, one concerning his work at the Salt Lake Veterans Administration Hospital.

Dates

  • 1950-1989

Creator

Language of Materials

Collection materials are in English.

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.

Conditions Governing Use

The library does not claim to control copyright for all materials in the collection. An individual depicted in a reproduction has privacy rights as outlined in Title 45 CFR, part 46 (Protection of Human Subjects). For further information, please review the J. Willard Marriott Library’s Use Agreement and Reproduction Request forms.

Biographical Sketch

Clifford C. Snyder (born 1916) was a plastic surgeon in Salt Lake City, Utah. He served as a plastic surgeon at the Salt Lake City Veterans Administration Hospital and as professor of surgery and chair of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine. He also did extensive research on snake bites, bone implants, history of medicine, natural immunity, and reconstructive surgery for severely burned patients, work-related injuries, extremity replantation, traumatic neuroma, and sex syndromes like hermaphroditism. During his career, he wrote several articles about these subjects.

Extent

3 Linear Feet

Abstract

The Clifford C. Snyder papers (1950-1989) contain personal and professional correspondence, clippings, publications and reprints on various aspects of medicine and plastic surgery, teaching materials, and four scrapbooks documenting Snyder's career, one concerning his work at the Salt Lake Veterans Administration Hospital. Snyder served as a plastic surgeon at the Salt Lake City Veterans Administration Hospital and as professor of surgery and chair of the Division of Plastic Surgery at the University of Utah School of Medicine.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donated by Clifford C. Snyder in 1989.

Separated Materials

Photographs and x-rays transferred to the Multimedia Division of Special Collections (P0727).

Processing Information

Processed by Debra Penman in 1997.
Title
Inventory of the Clifford C. Snyder papers, 1950-1989
Author
Finding aid prepared by Debra Penman
Date
© 1997 (last modified: 2020)
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
Finding aid encoded in English in Latin script.

Repository Details

Part of the J. Willard Marriott Library Special Collections Repository

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